M7 Flashcards
has one of the oldest existing literatures, which to date is 3,000 years old.
uses language consisting of script or characters that stand for ideas.
China
a Harvard professor of Asian Studies, describes what comprises 21st-century literature from China. He claims that the current Chinese writings mostly deal with science fantasy –a preferred genre for fiction writing.
David Der-wei
June 4 1989
Tiananmen Square
referring to literature written in Chinese by Chinese-speaking writers in various parts of the world outside China
Sinophone literature
borrowed and modified Chinese characters or script.
Kanji
the oldest extant chronicle inJapan
The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters)
winner of the1994 Nobel Prize for Literature
Kenzaburō Ōe
recipient of Britain’s Man Booker Prize in 1989;
Ishiguro Kazuo
the 2006 winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short StoryAward.
Haruki Murakami
Made Dragon Ball
Akira Toriyama,
Made Naruto
Masashi Kishimoto
Korea’s first writing system,
Hanja
poems or varying length of four, eight, and ten lines, commonly composed by Buddhist monks
hyangga
songs categorized as either short form or extended form, which do not adhere to any Strict measure or rhyme.
Koryo koryo
poetry that breathes Neo-Confucianism
shijo
short verses tha tare repositories of personal sentiments and moral admonitions.
kasa
the Korean alphabet or script
Hangul
a group of Indo-European nomads from Asia
Aryans
the primary sacred language of Hinduism
Sanskrit
the belief in or worship of more than one god
polytheism
is known as the creative and poetic age of Indian literature which has produced the four Vedic text types
The Vedic period (500-200 BC)
mantras and benedictions
Samhita
texts on rituals. ceremonies, sacrifices, and symbolic sacrifices
Aranyakas
commentaries on rituals, ceremonies, and sacrifices
Brahmanas
texts on meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge
Upanishads
the two important classical epics of India
the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
writings written in the Urdu language, which is the lingua franca of Pakistan.
Urdu literature
Prime Minister Award for Literature in 1998
Kamila Shamsie
wrote the New York Bestseller The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
2008 Commonwealth Book Prize awardee for the novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammad Hanif
Pakistan’s newest sensation and a scion of the Bhutto dynasty, who published in 2013 her first fiction The Shadow of the Crescent Moon.
Alice Bhutto
literature of Sri Lanka
consists of literary texts written in Sinhala
the oldest Buddhist texts
Theravada Buddhist Scriptures
the stories about the former lives of Buddha written down in Pali
Jataka
narrates the exploits of prince Vjaya and his descendants side by side the development of Sinhalese nation. written around 5th century in Pali language
Mahavansa
poetic messages and letters
sandesha kavya
formerly Ceylon
Sri Lanka
include writings that showcase the literary imagination of writers from the countries in the region that include Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines
literatures of Southeast Asia
southern script
Chu Nom
introduced a new set of script
Alexandre de Rhodes,
Vietnam’s national alphabet
Quoc-ngu
has one of the richest literary traditions rooted in Indian origins
Cambodia
the primary reason for a long drought in literary activities since writers had either been banished or subjected to rigid censorship
Khmer Rouge
author of The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Vann Nath
writer-director of The Missing Picture
Rithy Pann
memoir writer of Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
Loung Ung
Thailand’s national epic
Ramakien
is the mother language that evolves to Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, and Batak or Madurese, to name a few.
Malay
produced the popular Buru Quartet that got translated in many foreign languages that led to his Nobel nomination
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
dwelt on progressive social writings about neo-colonial politics, gender and sexually, and other social taboo
Ayu Utami
a written actress, and singer known for the Supernova series –science fiction novels.
Dewi Lestari
the language of Israel’s early literature.
Hebrew
he history of the Jewish nation before and after the coming of Jesus Christ.
the Bible
ebrew language, however, cease to exist when Assyria invade Judea, the Southern part of Israel. During this time, _______ became the lingua franca
Aramaic
a reaction against too much lyricism of the symbolist movement and prescribed extreme artistic innovation and technical experimentation
Russian futurism
ejected the Western conventions and objective depiction of reality
German expressionism
is a narration of the family history of the main character who traces her family’s migration history from China to the Philippines
Caroline Hau’s Stories
States that all objects innthe universe are made of vibrating strings of energy.
String Theory
